Experience Old Town Warrenton Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821446936
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Warrenton, VA, USA
Phone
5403498606
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,027
Expenses
$199,462
Assets
$12,155
Liabilities
$2,596

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOELLE FRYMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MATTHEW CARSON (PRESIDENT)
  • CASEY WARD (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOELLE FRYMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MATTHEW CARSON (PRESIDENT)
  • CASEY WARD (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To foster and inspire an environment in old town warrenton that enhances economic vitality while preserving the historic character of the community and to promote a rich and appealing cultural atmosphere to live, play and do business.

What it reported doing in 2024

Old town after hours is a recurring community engagement and economic development program organized to support local businesses by strengthening community ties, increasing foot traffic in old town during non-peak hours, and supporting the visibility and economic vitality of small, locally owned businesses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.6%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 24.5%; rating input score 25

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.6% of revenue deployed · 24.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $49K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.